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Ralph Gerald Backstrom (born September 18, 1937) is a retired Canadian professional ice hockey centre.
Backstrom played junior hockey with the Montreal Junior Canadiens from 1954 to 1956, and the Ottawa Junior Canadiens from 1956 to 1958. He was captain of the team that won the George Richardson Memorial Trophy in 1957 and the Memorial Cup in 1958.
As a professional, Backstrom joined the Montreal Canadiens for the 1958-59 season and was selected the NHL's top rookie, receiving the Calder Memorial Trophy. He played in Montreal for 12 full seasons, winning six Stanley Cups and appearing in six National Hockey League All-Star Games (1958, 1959, 1960, 1962, 1965, 1967). After the 1970–71 season, Backstrom requested a trade and talked about retiring. He reported to training camp, but left the team just before the season opened. After returning to the Canadiens, Backstrom spent most of his time on the bench until being traded to the Los Angeles Kings in January 1971. Just over two years later, he was traded to the Chicago Black Hawks for Dan Maloney and finished the 1972–73 season there.
The Freeride World Tour is an annually toured series of events in which the best freeskiers and snowboard freeriders compete for individual event wins, as well as the overall title of World Champion in their respective genders and disciplines. The events take place on what's commonly referred to as "backcountry", "big mountain" or "extreme" terrain - essentially ungroomed powder snow on dangerously steep, mountainous slopes.
The first event series under the Freeride World Tour moniker took place in 2008. Prior to that it was known as the Verbier Extreme, originally a snowboard only contest launched in 1996 - with skiers also invited to compete in 2004. For the 2013 season, the Freeride World Tour merged with the Freeskiing World Tour and The North Face Masters of Snowboarding, combining all three tours under one unified global 5-star championship series.
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International sports world tours and series
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Ralph is a masculine given name, derived from Old Norse Ráðúlfr meaning literally "counsel wolf"
Bäckström and Backström are Swedish surnames, etymologically distinct from one another, and sometimes anglicized to Backstrom or Beckstrom.
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Located deep in the Saint Elias mountains where Alaska, British Columbia, and the Yukon converge, there is a place most skiers and snowboarders only dream of visiting. In this GoPro Perspective, we follow The North Face snowboarder Ralph Backstrom and skiers Hadley Hammer and Sam Anthamatten in their new film by Sherpas Cinema, Tsirku, as they set out to tackle the fabled corrugated spine lines of the Tsirku Glacier. More on the series "Tsirku:" https://sherpascinema.com/project/the-north-face-tsirku/ Stay tuned for more #GoProSnow content throughout this fall and into Winter 2017. Shot 100% on the HERO4® camera from http://GoPro.com. Get stoked and subscribe: http://goo.gl/HgVXpQ To license clips from this video go to https://licensing.gopro.com Music William Ryan Fritch "Impendi...
Shot 100% on the HERO2® camera from http://GoPro.com. Ralph Backstrom shreds the powder solo in this amazing run from Alaska! Music Thriftworks, "Minions" Buy at: http://jatlas.bandcamp.com/
Rider: Ralph Backstrom Location: Andorra Entry: #197 GoPro, Transworld Snowboarding, and Newschoolers.com have teamed up to bring you a video contest like no other. We’re looking for your best line this winter! Find your line, turn on your GoPro and document the action for a chance to win the $20,000 grand prize. We’re looking for innovative filming, technical riding, great lighting and creativity. http://www.lineofthewinter.com
HHOF Archival Interview with former NHL player Ralph Backstrom.
The Hot Planets Cool Athletes program brings professional winter sports athletes into high schools to talk about the importance of snow and examples of climate change that they've noticed. This is Ralph Backstrom's intro video, with clips from the past couple winters.
Ralph Backstrom (USA) puts down a solid run during stop 2 of the 2016 Swatch Freeride World Tour in Chamonix, France landing him in in 3rd Place.
For more on Chamonix visit http:www.chamonet.com We spoke to 2012 Freeride Wrold Tour runner up Ralph backstrom about the competition in Chamonix this weekend, who to look out for in the years Freeride World Tour, his favourite places to ride and what it's like to be a pro snowboarder.
First stop of this years Freeride World Tour was the the Revelstoke Mountain Resort in BC Canada with its famous Mac Daddy face. We had the chance to get some POV shots from the winner Ralph Backstrom. The first part was shot while freeriding and then we got his complete run of the contest. Enjoy! http://facebook.com/shralp ❆ http://twitter.com/shralp.com ❆ http://shralp.com Music: Kinetic by Michael Craig & Oliver Godfrey http://audionetwork.com With Ralph Backstrom from Squaw Valley Want more powder. Check out Nicolas Müller, Gigi Rüf and Danny Kass ( https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3NUkVKwco-c ) riding some Europe PowPow or if you prefer some big airs, check Shaun White at the Dew Tour ( https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G-U7zM25pe4 ). My name is mee-z, see you soon.
FWT12 Courmayeur-Mont-Blanc - 1st place Snb men - Ralph Backstrom
Ralph Backstrom, founder and initial owner of ECHL professional hockey team The Colorado Eagles, gives his thoughts on hockey. Backstrom tells about his journey throughout the industry of hockey as well as his everlasting passion for the sport.
Ralph Backstrom - contest line
HHOF Archival Interview with former NHL player Ralph Backstrom.
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Shot 100% on the HERO2® camera from http://GoPro.com. Ralph Backstrom shreds the powder solo in this amazing run from Alaska! Music Thriftworks, "Minions" Buy at: http://jatlas.bandcamp.com/
Ralph Backstrom - contest line
Ralph Backstrom (USA) puts down a solid run during stop 2 of the 2016 Swatch Freeride World Tour in Chamonix, France landing him in in 3rd Place.
Degrees North mixes hair-raising action footage of leading freeriders with a story of adventure and discovery. World-renowned freeriders Xavier De Le Rue, Samuel Anthamatten and Ralph Backstrom progress the sport of freeriding through the use new technology to scope remote areas in order to show ski and snowboard action in a way never seen before. The film charts the progress of an idea to use these wings to access areas from the air in a more personal and organic way, with the aim of capturing great action footage. However the realities were not so simple. We see the adventurous spirit of the riders pushing the idea further throughout the film. They begin with the idea of using the wings to scope lines then develop the skills to allow them to be dropped on the top of breathtaking mounta...